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and i want to point out that in texas, for example, a couple of years ago, there was a move by the then state regents to remove or to lessen -- the state's own history of civil rights activism, both statewide and nationally. they simply removed certain individuals. so cesar chavez got less attention in the textbook. and ronald reagan and others got more. i mean, that, for practical purposes, in terms of number of words on page, for certain acts of history -- >> and they wanted to diminish martin luther king's role and increase, enhance newt gingrich's role, right? >> right. so that in my opinion is of a piece. it's of a piece that both looks at the college as a place where history is less important to the fact of making money. the bureau of labor statistics produced a report just two years ago, in late 2009, where it identified the top ten growing fields for all americans. six of them were low-wage, entry-level service work, the preponderance of which were all in health care. basically taking care of an aging baby boomer population. so what are we gonna do about that? and -- >> you're n
and i want to point out that in texas, for example, a couple of years ago, there was a move by the then state regents to remove or to lessen -- the state's own history of civil rights activism, both statewide and nationally. they simply removed certain individuals. so cesar chavez got less attention in the textbook. and ronald reagan and others got more. i mean, that, for practical purposes, in terms of number of words on page, for certain acts of history -- >> and they wanted to diminish...
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this is also supported the texas rangers and the fbi and others. this is a force multiplier for military operations and border security. but we are on the edge of a new horizon. connolly there are 200 active tickets of authorization issued by the federal aviation administration to over 100 different entities, law enforcement departments and academic institutions, to fly these drones domestically. on the monitor, we see the locations of these recipients as of april 2012. the number of recipients has increased since that time. the faa plans to select six test cities for the use of the non- government drowns this year to allow the deployment of non- government drowns by the year 2015. the faa is responsible for ensuring these systems safely, with only 2.5 short years until they dominate the skies, no federal agency has taken the lead for the full implications of these unmanned aerial systems and developing the policies and guidelines for their use. four years ago, the government accountability office recommended to the city -- the secretary -- that th
this is also supported the texas rangers and the fbi and others. this is a force multiplier for military operations and border security. but we are on the edge of a new horizon. connolly there are 200 active tickets of authorization issued by the federal aviation administration to over 100 different entities, law enforcement departments and academic institutions, to fly these drones domestically. on the monitor, we see the locations of these recipients as of april 2012. the number of recipients...
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he had university of texas students working and he said, son, i've never seen anything like you. he said i'd let you run the meat department but they have a law. you've got to be 18. he said i'll tell you what, boy. i bet when you grow up you could manage a store just like this. my little 12-year-old mind that hadn't been flipped in to an inverted world view, my little 12-year-old mind said, when i grow up i can own this store. [ applause ] that's what must happen and do you know how we we get the trutf possibilities out and potential? we become exactly what jesus commissioned us to be. we become salt and light. light illuminates the way. everything that's out of place, how to put it in place, and the proper way to go. and jesus said don't you hide that light under any covering of conformity or compromise. do not cover it with religion, when a vital relationship is critical. let me tell you how many of my friends, many people right here, have allowed that light to be hidden. you have taken care of business in the light of your own situation and you have never gotten that light up
he had university of texas students working and he said, son, i've never seen anything like you. he said i'd let you run the meat department but they have a law. you've got to be 18. he said i'll tell you what, boy. i bet when you grow up you could manage a store just like this. my little 12-year-old mind that hadn't been flipped in to an inverted world view, my little 12-year-old mind said, when i grow up i can own this store. [ applause ] that's what must happen and do you know how we we get...
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a texas judge, wiehl, ruled against armstrong how. >> the texas judge said look, you didn't follow the rules to armstrong's lawyers. you filed 80-page complaint much the federal rules of civil procedure are very specific. you have to be pithy, bill. get right to it what's the complaint and what's the jurisdiction. be brief in the brief and they weren't. >> bill: armstrong's lawyers said they don't have jurisdiction in texas? is that what it was? anti-doping agency? >> anti-doping agency doesn't have any kind of jurisdiction over lance armstrong at all. >> bill: anywhere. >> anywhere. he is retired. >> bill: this doping agency is a federal agency. >> quasifederal agency. >> bill: i don't know what it means. >> 5013 crmpleted company getting money from the federal government. 60% of what they do -- recognized by congress in 2000. >> bill: their mandate is what? >> basically prevent abuses within the sports world whether someone using human growth hormone, steroids, bloods recycler? >> bill: allegations against armstrong that he used these drugs while winning. >> it was a conspiracy betwe
a texas judge, wiehl, ruled against armstrong how. >> the texas judge said look, you didn't follow the rules to armstrong's lawyers. you filed 80-page complaint much the federal rules of civil procedure are very specific. you have to be pithy, bill. get right to it what's the complaint and what's the jurisdiction. be brief in the brief and they weren't. >> bill: armstrong's lawyers said they don't have jurisdiction in texas? is that what it was? anti-doping agency? >>...
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you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the local border law-enforcement. given ice relative limits compared to the number of individuals unlawfully presented in the u.s. prioritizing criminals particularly serious criminals for removal keeps our communities safer and the best use of taxpayer dollars. the community program has not been without controversy. i understand that and pleased to say under the director's leadership taken steps to create enhancements to the program. i was in houston with the sheriff telling me about the task force put together to make sure ice was working to improve communication with state and local jurisdictions and
you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the...
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he held out a texas twang and gave his best bush impression. i'm a governor, my daddy was president. i own a baseball team. but al gore was right in using the lewinsky issue. >> now if he decides he can't help himself and starts campaigning against me, the shadow returns. bill: the shadow. we learned when book visited the white house after the recount of 2000, he asked clinton if that shadow offended him and he gave him a pass. and of course clinton became close to george bush 41 and the family. they consider clinton a brother of another mother. and listen to this. >> is that so ridiculous our odd couple partnership, that barbara began to refer to me as her black sheep son, you know, the one that -- [laughter] strays. there's one in every family. gets the politics wrong and make some of the mistakes. chris: you got all in the book? >> yes. chris: how ike helped ronald reagan against richard nixon and some of nixon's own skull duggery. chris: welcome back. his book about the most secret club of the most powerful men of former presidents, there w
he held out a texas twang and gave his best bush impression. i'm a governor, my daddy was president. i own a baseball team. but al gore was right in using the lewinsky issue. >> now if he decides he can't help himself and starts campaigning against me, the shadow returns. bill: the shadow. we learned when book visited the white house after the recount of 2000, he asked clinton if that shadow offended him and he gave him a pass. and of course clinton became close to george bush 41 and the...
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have been when the top tax rate is below fifty percent you know they have an expression for that in texas and say they say that dog won't hunt but it's true again those numbers. for the action zero zero zero for the economy in the fifty's sixty's seventy's and early eighty's even the rate the so-called reagan recovery in eighty four the top tax rate was fifty percent eighty four. fiscal responsibility and it is strict adherence to generally accepted accounting principles whereas now you have spendthrift politicians a spendthrift administration of various strains that we know are breaking the bank and we look the other way because that's unpopular that's how i would explain it you know the average person likes to believe they're getting a bang for their buck when they pay their taxes unfortunately that's not the case as in one thousand nine hundred one ronald reagan famously stopped in force in the sherman antitrust act and we saw those mergers and acquisitions mania michael milken these m.n.a. artists all the stuff it's no president has gone back to with the way america was before eighty
have been when the top tax rate is below fifty percent you know they have an expression for that in texas and say they say that dog won't hunt but it's true again those numbers. for the action zero zero zero for the economy in the fifty's sixty's seventy's and early eighty's even the rate the so-called reagan recovery in eighty four the top tax rate was fifty percent eighty four. fiscal responsibility and it is strict adherence to generally accepted accounting principles whereas now you have...
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technology concerns that have recently come to the surface especially after a team with the university of texas at austin was able to hack a drone using a technique called spoofing now it was so easy to hack those drones and the professor who headed up the project sounded the alarm very publicly last week. five in ten years we've got thirty thousand of these drones inhabiting the national airspace cohabit with the piloted vehicles each one of these could be a potential missile to use against us if it had been commandeered by somebody on the ground. now despite all of that drones are on track to take flight by two thousand and fifteen that's in the f.a.a. is expected to finalize the regulations for their domestic use and the agency actually projects that thirty thousand of them will be in america's skies by two thousand and twenty so in an effort to appease concerned americans a trade group out there called the association for un manned vehicle systems international well they've created and released their first code of conduct and these recommendations for safe non-intrusive operation are suppos
technology concerns that have recently come to the surface especially after a team with the university of texas at austin was able to hack a drone using a technique called spoofing now it was so easy to hack those drones and the professor who headed up the project sounded the alarm very publicly last week. five in ten years we've got thirty thousand of these drones inhabiting the national airspace cohabit with the piloted vehicles each one of these could be a potential missile to use against us...
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host: we will squeeze one more call in from texas. kim is on our line for students. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. then you can answer. i appreciate you doing that for the student loans. i do follow it. i have to follow this, now. the moral of the story is, in texas, we are proud of you democrats. stay strong. that your bills. we need somebody to represent us. the south is getting an understanding. we have a lot of student loan theft from the schools. i have two children. they graduated with $80,000 debt of peace -- apiece. i followed the trading scandal because i learned to trade. i understand the situation going on. a lot of americans do not understand how everything is. i do understand commerce. many democrats to come down here and be our representatives. we do not have anybody for our voice. democrats do not do their job of getting out to vote. they get overwhelmed. anyway, we have a lot of that going on. host: we're going to leave it there. i am running out of times. -- i am running out of time. guest: i think the question really gets to the main point. t
host: we will squeeze one more call in from texas. kim is on our line for students. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. then you can answer. i appreciate you doing that for the student loans. i do follow it. i have to follow this, now. the moral of the story is, in texas, we are proud of you democrats. stay strong. that your bills. we need somebody to represent us. the south is getting an understanding. we have a lot of student loan theft from the schools. i have two children. they...
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just in texas alone, this meant than 100,000t more jobs. manufacturing is an engine of economic growth. why are we making decisions that will inevitably stall that engine? the budgetary issues, the federal government faces them. they are the same one that i deal with every day in my own business. analysts say the defense industry is faced with several choices. either exit the market, a double down on defense by buying your competitors, or whether the storm. at our company, we have chosen to invest in product development. these are major investments. we are committed to developing products that will meet the military requirements. i believe that this dedication to provide innovative progress helps to illustrate the potential impact sequestration will have on my business and many others. sequestration will create an exodus of talent and skills to other industries. we presently have almost 90 employees, including assemblers and engineers. experienced in mechanical, electrical, software, from where, hardware, and manufacturing. these jobs are i
just in texas alone, this meant than 100,000t more jobs. manufacturing is an engine of economic growth. why are we making decisions that will inevitably stall that engine? the budgetary issues, the federal government faces them. they are the same one that i deal with every day in my own business. analysts say the defense industry is faced with several choices. either exit the market, a double down on defense by buying your competitors, or whether the storm. at our company, we have chosen to...
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republican politicians that were actually brought in, flown in, to the naacp convention in houston, texas, to be there for the president alone. they weren't there before he got there. the few meetings -- our convention started on sunday. >> i think a big key here, and i want to clarify, arethies members of the naacp? you said they were flown in. that means mitt romney rigged the crowd to support him so he could go on tv and say i got a lot of support among african-american leaders. what's happening here? >> apparently, that's what the case is. they're bringing people in that they know will support his agenda from other places that aren't active with the naacp. these are people who were brought in to actually provide the cheering forum so there will be some support along those lines. ed, let me be clear. the naacp is one of the most respectful organizations on the continent. quite frankly, we have heard from many republican candidates in the past. if they say things we disagree with. we sit on our hands and listen politely. we really do want to hear from all sides. we're nonpartisan. for u
republican politicians that were actually brought in, flown in, to the naacp convention in houston, texas, to be there for the president alone. they weren't there before he got there. the few meetings -- our convention started on sunday. >> i think a big key here, and i want to clarify, arethies members of the naacp? you said they were flown in. that means mitt romney rigged the crowd to support him so he could go on tv and say i got a lot of support among african-american leaders. what's...
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leading the new majority group in texas. if you're a republican politician, the view from the top of the ticket on the subject of your appeal to latino voters is not a good view. in the latest latino decisions poll which was just released today, president obama's lead over mitt romney among latino voters is 48 points. not that he's got support of 48% of latinos. 48 points is the margin of president obama's lead. this is a big republican problem. so what does the republican party do about the horrible polling with the fastest growing minority grew in the country? >> there is this new ad airing in a handful of states featuring a handsome romney offspring speaking in spanish about the family's mexican roots. last week, we reported that the romney campaign was spending just $10,000 on that ad in order to get it on the air. today, the washington post reports that the romney campaign is upping the ante. they're now spending almost $250,000 to put one of mitt romney's sons speaks spanish ads on the air. there's that. they're doing
leading the new majority group in texas. if you're a republican politician, the view from the top of the ticket on the subject of your appeal to latino voters is not a good view. in the latest latino decisions poll which was just released today, president obama's lead over mitt romney among latino voters is 48 points. not that he's got support of 48% of latinos. 48 points is the margin of president obama's lead. this is a big republican problem. so what does the republican party do about the...
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[laughter] in 1972, clinton is task by george mcgovern to run texas. as lost causes go, it is one of the great lost causes. [laughter] who is the only ally that they had? lyndon johnson. except for he was not sure either. the day comes when the government goes to the ranch, right after the convention just before they realized that tom eagleton might not be the best vice presidential candidate. bill clinton, the cochair of texas and mcgovern, and taylor branch, who would eventually be part of the clinton administration, flipped a coin about which one of them -- quentin says that taylor comes back from the meeting, which do not go well, by the way. a signed picture for clinton of lbj. that is as close as clinton got two leading lbj. what is great about the american presidency is that we all remember a motorcade going by. ronald reagan, on the back of the train somewhere in iowa -- i think it was the morning. i would not count on it. everybody has their creation stories that clinton never met lbj. he told us that he thought, as all presidents do, because
[laughter] in 1972, clinton is task by george mcgovern to run texas. as lost causes go, it is one of the great lost causes. [laughter] who is the only ally that they had? lyndon johnson. except for he was not sure either. the day comes when the government goes to the ranch, right after the convention just before they realized that tom eagleton might not be the best vice presidential candidate. bill clinton, the cochair of texas and mcgovern, and taylor branch, who would eventually be part of...
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. >> some of the powers companies were bringing extra crews from as far as texas and canada. we just had a woman come by our camera location here who was giddy, jumping up and down because her power came on, her house was beginning to smell and she was sick of the sweating. she was so grateful to the local crew and the canadian crew and saying i love canada now. >> neil: molly, that's an optimistic way of looking at it. fires to the left of me, storms to the right of me. stuck in the middle with these quacks, the global warming crowd convinced what's burning in colorado and drenching everywhere else is man made. chris is apoplectic. the price is what took so long, only two days. >> right. it gets confusing. they did this after the russian heat wave of 2010 and two papers in the peer review literature came out saying that's not the case. weather is not climate they say when it's cold weather we have forgotten the cold winters, the one in europe this year. >> neil: it was their worst ever. go ahead. >> that's just weather. now weather is climate again. here's the way to look at
. >> some of the powers companies were bringing extra crews from as far as texas and canada. we just had a woman come by our camera location here who was giddy, jumping up and down because her power came on, her house was beginning to smell and she was sick of the sweating. she was so grateful to the local crew and the canadian crew and saying i love canada now. >> neil: molly, that's an optimistic way of looking at it. fires to the left of me, storms to the right of me. stuck in...
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. >> announcer: spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid jeneralities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual orientation. from the poorest to the richest and everyone in between. >> romney was greeted with polite applause throughout the speech, and even got some encouraging organ music. >> i can't promise you that i'll agree on every issue, but i do promise that your hospitality to me today will be returned. we will know one another. and we will work to common purpose. >> the audience gave romney their attention and a fair hearing. at the end of the speech, the crowd respectfully offered a standing ovation to the candidate. the attendees gave him some credit for showing up. unlike the previous president, george w. bush, who openly shunned any invitations to the naac prp convention. but there was one moment where mitt romney delivered an actual polic
. >> announcer: spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid jeneralities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual orientation. from the poorest to the richest and everyone in between. >> romney was greeted with polite applause throughout the speech, and even got some...
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no matter what we did in texas we are never going to get there. so yeah, i agree with many of the general principles laid out in simpson-bowles, and to believe that lower marginal rates both on the personal and the corporate side makes sense, but only in the context of a limited loopholes and means testing other deductions in order to make sure the jury system that every preseason operates in a fair way. but that has to be combined with entitlement restraint. because we don't have entitlement restraint we are lost if you talk a little bit about your budget, and interest in whether or not, as you like of which are with the supreme court ruling on obamnicare and if one talks about the mandate, the mandate is a tax. i would welcome your comments on that, by the other part of the rulings on the medicaid expansion that this has direct impact on the state in that you can now not, opt out of the medicaid expansion without losing your current medicaid funding to is this something you decided in think about your current, your upcoming fiscal year budget or
no matter what we did in texas we are never going to get there. so yeah, i agree with many of the general principles laid out in simpson-bowles, and to believe that lower marginal rates both on the personal and the corporate side makes sense, but only in the context of a limited loopholes and means testing other deductions in order to make sure the jury system that every preseason operates in a fair way. but that has to be combined with entitlement restraint. because we don't have entitlement...
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the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you and i want to think you and your office is very responsive and recently bader in response to the issue. i think we will be sending you an additional letter today or tomorrow. one of the things that this kind of interesting to me, one of the 16 banks i think that we report on in the index would be difficult for just one bank to influence, wouldn't it? >> generally, yes. >> it had to be more than one bank under reporting or not accurately reporting the borrowing. would you say that is correct? >> the reason the banks come some of them apparently under reported during the crisis of sent to affect the rate necessarily but rather because the numbers are reported publicly, they wanted to avoid giving the impression that they were weak and others were strong >> but if one bank is reporting differently than the other one obviously what not influence the overall index. sprigg if they were in the top four or the bottom for the would be cut out. >> so, when the fed first lear
the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you and i want to think you and your office is very responsive and recently bader in response to the issue. i think we will be sending you an additional letter today or tomorrow. one of the things that this kind of interesting to me, one of the 16 banks i think that we report on in the index would be difficult for just one bank to influence, wouldn't it? >> generally, yes. >> it had to be more than...
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austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> stocks gyrated throughout the day and investors are jittery. profits are the mother's milk of stocks. so alcoa kicked off with a one penny beat after the company substantially cut back on guidance. when is a beat a beat? let's bring in distinguished investor ken heebner, capital growth management. i don't want to rain on your parade to buy america. ford, p & g, they are all slashing guidance. this beat gain doesn't do much for me. what's your thinking? >> we have a problem with the rest of the world. europe is in a deepening recession. china is facing a slow down. india and brazil disappointed so you need to focus on earnings coming from the united states. ford is doing well in north america. they have growing losses in europe. we have to focus the portfolio. >> if you have this falter. gdp growth. manufacturing drop below 50. >> first i wo
austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love this is for everyone back home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> stocks gyrated throughout the day and investors are jittery. profits are the mother's milk of stocks. so alcoa kicked off with a one penny beat after the company substantially cut back on guidance. when is a beat a beat? let's bring in distinguished investor ken heebner, capital growth management. i don't want to rain on...
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and i have a brother in arlington, texas. all of my family lives in texas. including uncles and cousins and aunts. i'm the only one i think who migrated beyond the bounds of texas. most texans seem to return. but nonetheless, we have lived in washington for the last nine years. i worked for newspapers in north carolina, in virginia, last at the virginian pilot down in norfolk. came to the administration in '83. i was a political conservative, brian, who wanted an opportunity to serve his country, to have an opportunity to be in public life. i had been a journalism -- there's a debate as to one should go through the revolving door, but ronald reagan was someone i believed in. i thought well of. when i had the opportunity to serve, i took advantage of the opportunity and came to washington. >> what kind of a conservative are you, traditional or libertarian? >> i would probably be more clearly or easily called a traditional. >> what does that mean? >> well, i think basically a conservative or traditional conservative would be someone who respects the constituti
and i have a brother in arlington, texas. all of my family lives in texas. including uncles and cousins and aunts. i'm the only one i think who migrated beyond the bounds of texas. most texans seem to return. but nonetheless, we have lived in washington for the last nine years. i worked for newspapers in north carolina, in virginia, last at the virginian pilot down in norfolk. came to the administration in '83. i was a political conservative, brian, who wanted an opportunity to serve his...
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condoleezza rice literally camp in texas, resigned as provost of stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. and they had weekly meetings with all sorts of people. it is a much more rigorous job, and look at the people. michelle bockman never explained what she would do. and then there was another governor -- [laughter] yeah, he had some great lines. the lines looked great as rally cheering points for his devoted people, but he could not swing them at any length. you have to have a lot more debt. as i learned when i only got three quarters of the way through my talk, really knowing how to keep it on time and not talk too much here and there. when senator obama realized to be president obama, it's hard to be precise and congenial. and then there was senator mccain with the three-page memo, he said that he had no time to read it. i will go to my grave believing that he read it didn't have a clue about it because he hadn't paid attention over the years at his meetings. no disrespect to a great hero, but i don't believe that he could not understand it without a lot
condoleezza rice literally camp in texas, resigned as provost of stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. and they had weekly meetings with all sorts of people. it is a much more rigorous job, and look at the people. michelle bockman never explained what she would do. and then there was another governor -- [laughter] yeah, he had some great lines. the lines looked great as rally cheering points for his devoted people, but he could not swing them at any length. you have...
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there are a few swing states there, but if you're from texas, you're a diehard republican. if you're from connecticut, you're a yellow dog liberal. what did you learn personally just about people in individual cities around the country and their lack of a desire to be branded so much? >> when we interviewed literally hundreds of americans on this trip, and what visurprised me mt was people's hesitancy to claim a party. we met a lot of independents and if we met people who said, i'm a republican, it was followed by but. i'm a democrat, but. i don't feel like d.c. is representing me. which is really surprising, because it's easy to forget that maybe politicians aren't representing america exactly the way they want to be represented. >> do you feel from what you learned out there that there is just a tendency in this town to kind of slice it, dice it, label it and say, these folks are red, these folks are blue. we're going to put all our efforts into changing the minds of a few and that that mentality prohibits government trying to work that might think differently, saying the
there are a few swing states there, but if you're from texas, you're a diehard republican. if you're from connecticut, you're a yellow dog liberal. what did you learn personally just about people in individual cities around the country and their lack of a desire to be branded so much? >> when we interviewed literally hundreds of americans on this trip, and what visurprised me mt was people's hesitancy to claim a party. we met a lot of independents and if we met people who said, i'm a...